Cretu, Veronica

Veronica Cretu is a 2013 and 2012 MAG member. She is currently a member of the civil society Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and Euralo representative on the Nominating Committee (NomCom) at ICANN for 2013-2014, as well as a member of Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) at ICANN, also representing EURALO. She is a former At Large Advisory Committee Member (ALAC) at ICANN.

At national level, Veronica is a member of the civil society advisory board of UN Women, and a Coordinator of the civil society working group on e-Government/Open Government of the National Participation Council (NPC).

She brings more than 10 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector both in Moldova and abroad. Veronica was part of the Internet Governance Capacity Building Program team of DiploFoundation back in 2005-2007. She worked as critical thinking expert for Open Society Foundations in Liberia (West Africa), Turkey and Nepal during 2007-2010. She is actively involved in open government, open data, citizen engagement in decision-making related initiatives both in Moldova and in the region (Ukraine, Azerbaijan). She worked with the World Bank during 2011 on Open Government related initiatives in Moldova.

Veronica holds a postgraduate diploma in Diplomacy from Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta and currently completing her MA Studies in Contemporary Diplomacy with University of Malta.